Governor



Jan, 20'. 1925.

O. B. MERRELL GOVERNORI Filed June 28. 1923 31a/vento@ Orman BMerreH Patented dan. 2t,

unirse ik s c GOVEELN Application filed June 28,

To al? 707mm if may conce/rn Be it known that l. ORMAN l. lsnnninm, a citizen of the United States. residiiig at Kokomo, inthe county7 ot Howard and State ot indiana, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Governors, oi which the :following is a specilication.

My said invention relates to cent1-it'- ugal throttle regulator tor the throttle controlling the 'Fuel supply of an internal coinbustion engii'ie and it an object ot the same to provide a simple, compact and strong device oit' the character described in tended primarily -for application to trac-tors where there is considerable danger' ot injury by reason of the prevalence of dust y and dirt and the rough handling incidental to the work oft the tractor. While intended primarily for use on farm tractors the device is not limited to sueh use as it may beputilized 'in other places where sudden changes in the work to be done or the force to be overcome renders it desirable to provide automatic reg'ulating` means for varying the 'fuel supply.

Referring' to the accompanying drawings which are made a part hereof and on which similar reference characters indicate similar parts,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my device with parts in sec-tion, and

Figure 2 a transverse section oni line 2 2 olt Figure 1. y

In the drawings reference character 10 indicates a bracket which forms a sustaining means for the device ot my invention, this bracket supporting a journal 11 by means of a threaded nac; passing through the bracket and held by a nut 11. A. pulley having a peripheral flange 12 for engagement with the fanv belt ot a Fordson tractor is supported on this journal by means oi. roller bearings 13 and 111 running on the journal and held in retainers secured to a hollow extension 15 of the pulley. While the device as here shown is especially designed for use with a Fordson tractor to which it can be applied without boring any holes or doing any other machining, it will none the less be obvious that with slight changes it may be applied to any tractor or to any motor where space permits attachment of a belt.

Bent levers 16 are pivoted atl 17 in the pulley and are drawn toward each other near the rear end of the rearwardly eX- serial no. 648,322.

tending arms by means of a pair of' springs 18 secured to the corresponding ends of oppos'itcly extending lateral projections on sait` arms Ytoi-ming weigl'xts indicated in section at 19. The inwardly directed arms ot these levers contact with a disk 2O on a plunger extending through the hollow body ot the journal 11 and adapted to be moved in one direction through the same by said inwardly directed arms ot' levers 15 when the machine speeds up to movev the levers against the action of the spring, such movement being augmented by the weights l?.

A springl 22 is provided tor returning the plunger 19 to its forward position when the speed decreases, this spring being preferably but not necessarily located near the end et a train of connections leading to the throttle, sa-'id train comprising a lever 23 pivoted at 24 on an arm 25 extending from the bracket 10, a link 26 pivoted to' the outer end oi the lever, a bent lever 27 said lever having one arm attached to link 26 and the other to a link 28, and a lever 2l) rigidly secured to a rod 30 fixed to a throttle valve, e. the butterfly valve for controlling the fuel supply for the engine of a tractor as described, and to which lever the spring 22 is attached at one end, th(` other end being secured to a fixed part ol" the motor.

The pulley may be closed. at the front end by a bowed disk 31 to exclude dust and dirt and it is driven by a belt contacting with the peripheralV surface of flange 12, which belt as above stated may be the fan belt of a motor. Preferably the pulley is split, the parts being connected by bolts 27, but it may be made in one piece. For hold ing the pivot pins 17 of the levers in place l provide holes at 32 through the shell of the pulley in which the pivotl pins are inserted, and transverse openings at the end of the pin in which cotter pins 33 are placed. These Cotter pins being spread at the inside of the pulley form secure holding means for the pins 1T while at the same time they may readily be removed in case of need.

To turther exclude dirt I may provide felt washers between the engaging 'faces ot levers 16 and the pulley and about said levers at the rear face of the pulley.

lt will he evident to those skilled in the art that various changes may be made in the struct-ure of my device without departing from the spirit of the invention and therefore l do notlimit myself to what is shown in the drawings and described in the specification but only as indicated in the appended claims. y

Having thus iully described my said invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. A governor comprising a pulley having primary openings intersecting its circumterencel on opposite sides thereoiE and secondary openings extending through the rim ot the pulley and intersecting said primary openings, pins in said primary openings, levers in said secondary openings pivoted on said pins, weights at corresponding ends ot' said levers said weights being connected together by spring means, and means adapted to be operated by movement of said-levers for controlling the throttle of the engine.

2. A governor tor internal combustion engines comprising a two-part hollow pulley having` opposed thickened portions with longitudinal openings therethrough, transverse cut-away port-ions, levers in said transverse cut-away portions pivoted on pins extending` through said longitudinal openings, said levers having weightsV on their rear ends connected together by spring means and having their forward ends extending radially inward, and means adapted to be actuated by the last mentioned ends of said levers ttor controlling` the throttle of the engine.

3. A throttle regulator for internal combustion engines comprising a pulley having parallel openings intersecting its circumference at opposite sides of its axis, and holes extending through the rim of the secured to said engine, a hollow' journal,`

fixed to said bracket, a push rod supported in said hollow journal, a hollow pulley mounted by means of a reduced lrearward extension on said hollow journal, said pulley pivotally supporting at its periphery a plurality of bell-crank levers with radially and rearwardly extending arms, said rearwardly extending arms projecting through said pulley and overlying its rearward extension` weights at the outer ends of the last menti cned arms having spring means for securing them together, the radial ends of said levers normally contacting the head of the push rod, a lever for controlling the throttle ot the engine pivoted intermediate its ends on said bracket and having one end nor mally in engagement with said push rod, substantially as set forth.

ln witness whereof, I have hereunto -set my hand and seal at Kokomo, Indiana this 23rd day ot June, A. D. nineteen hundred and twenty-three.

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